Project Gutenberg 2020-11-24 Public domain in the USA. 236 Bradbury, Ray 1920 2012 Elliott, William Bradbury, Raymond Douglas Sterling, Brett The Creatures That Time Forgot Produced from Planet Stories Fall 1946 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost_and_Fire_(short_story) Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Creatures That Time Forgot" by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction short story published in the mid-20th century, specifically in the context of post-World War II literature. The narrative explores the themes of time, survival, and the human condition through the experiences of a newborn named Sim, who discovers that he and his people live in a harsh environment where their lifespans are tragically limited to just eight days due to the extreme conditions of their planet. The story serves as a poignant commentary on the struggles of life, the impacts of time, and the yearning for a better existence. In the story, Sim is born into a cave community where the inhabitants are facing extinction, primarily due to the severe environmental challenges they face, including freezing nights and scorching days. As he grows rapidly in just eight days, Sim learns to communicate and absorb knowledge from his parents and community. The narrative follows his desperate quest to escape his fate, which leads him on a tumultuous journey filled with conflict and a desire for a future. Alongside his sister Dark and a girl named Lyte, Sim engages in the violence of their society and ultimately discovers a spaceship that could be their salvation. The various conflicts and struggles encapsulated in Sim's short life highlight not only the urgency of the human spirit but the instinct to fight for survival against overwhelming odds. Ultimately, Sim's story becomes a metaphor for humanity’s quest for meaning and escape from the constraints of time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Life on other planets -- Fiction Aging -- Fiction PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: American Literature 118866 2025-06-25T08:47:29.939646 text/html 96013 2024-10-18T08:33:04 text/html 718790 2025-06-25T08:47:32.409619 application/epub+zip 719247 2025-06-25T08:47:30.452673 application/epub+zip 102078 2025-06-25T08:47:30.161667 application/epub+zip 773390 2025-06-25T08:47:33.989609 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 764823 2025-06-25T08:47:32.157619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 148169 2022-09-28T19:21:44.815683 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110188 2025-06-25T08:47:29.720685 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90345 2024-10-18T08:33:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17558 2025-06-25T08:47:34.111650 application/rdf+xml 31929 2025-06-25T08:47:30.267689 image/jpeg 4878 2025-06-25T08:47:30.214656 image/jpeg 967566 2025-06-25T08:47:29.965727 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia